The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-09
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

A part Of the white pepper of commercs q
bleached with chlorine, hence its inferior
quality.
A solution Of thymol, used as a mouth
wash after smoking. will remove the unplcas-
ant odor Of tobacco.
A richly cut, solid glass bedstead has been
recently made at Birmingham, England,
factory for Calcutta millionaire The king
OF Burmah also has one.
Both Sydenham and Boerhaave, great
names in medicine, asserted that acute pneu-
monias were rarely cured without the alb
straction Of forty ounces OF blood.
NJ F. Julien has been awarded the Cross
of the Order Of Leopold in recognition Of his
services in the application OF electricity for
traction purposes, as employed on the br1s-
sells tramway lines.
II has been proved by experiments made
by Professor Leeds at Mount Holly that the
addition OF half grain Of alum to gallon OF
impure water will not only clear it Of the
grit and coloring matter, but will almost ell
tirely rid it Of bacteria. Filtering completes
the process and leaves it as pure as would
prolonged boiling The alum is not percepti-
bic 10 the taste.
Some curious results produced by exploding
marked blocks Of gun cotton on flat plates OF
wrought iron have been described by Mr.. {.
f. Monroe. The gun cotton blocks were
placed with the lettered side down and the
letters stamped in relief appeared in relief
upon the iron after explosion. while, on the
other hand, the letters depre-,d IN the gun
cotton were also depressed CO.. the iron plate.
In addition to supplying crops with the
Necessary moisture RAIN las n distinct manu-
rial value AT Rothamsted. the well known
farm Of Sir John T.. Lave. 10 has been
.hown that with NJ annual rainfall Of little
les than thirty two inches. each acre Of land
receives every year in the rain water over
fourteen pounds Of pure chlorine, seventeen
pounds Of suphuric acid and between Two
and three pounds Of ammonia
The dynamic value Of one pound Of good
steam coal has been estimated by Prof W. d.
Rogers as equivalent 10 the work Of one man
ono day. while three tons would represent
his work for twenty years, counting 700
working days in wear. He has further
estimated that four foot seam would yield
ore ton Of good coal 10 the square yard, and
that one square mile in area would repre-
sent the labor Of over 100000 men for
twenty years
According to Fire and Water, the soda
water tank now appears ia new role-tha,
Of a neat and efficient extingusher Of fra
Sons DAYS ago vessel filled with varnish
was accidentally Sct ou fire in the cellar Of
Louisville drug store aud it blozed up
through grating iu front II the building as
high A. The second floor Before. however
the fame. could gain Roadway Ia the build
ing the heat had melted the lead pipe con-
nected with the newly charged ,oda foun-
tain, and The flames wer. instantly extin-
gui.hed
In New Orleans, where the soil is water
logged three feet beneath the surface, they
get over the difficulty of putting telegraph
and telephone wires under ground by erect
ing strong towers 40 feet high at intervals,
and bracing Them together with cables Of
steel wire rope These cables support the
cross arms etc, to which the telegraph and
telephone wires are attached, end the wires
are securely carried aboye the public streets.
The towers are also utilized for fire extin-
gushing purposes as staudpipc with nozzles
Mt different elevations, j. fitted 10 each tower.